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Part One. The Musician as Murderer or Victim
Lully and the Death of Cambert
3(13)
Salieri and the ``Murder'' of Mozart
16(22)
Finale Marked Presto: The Killing of Leclair
38(12)
Carlo Gesualdo: Murder and Madrigals
50(15)
Alessandro Stradella: Revenge for Love
65(8)
The Tragic Night of Anton Webern
73(14)
The Deadly Vacation of Marc Blitzstein
87(11)
The Stalking of John Lennon
98(9)
Part Two. Crime in Music
Lamech, the Second Biblical Killer: A Song with Variations
107(18)
Gilbert and Sullivan on Corporation Law: Utopia, Limited and the Panama Canal Frauds
125(18)
``Pore Jud is Daid'': Violence and Lawlessness in the Plays of Lynn Riggs
143(26)
Index 169